Posted on 11/18/2014 11:03:12 AM PST by tcrlaf
Russian legislation has been amended allowing citizens to carry lethal weapons for self-defense purposes.
Russia has updated its legislation to allow civilians to carry firearms for self-defense, according to an amended decree on lethal weapons that appeared Tuesday on the official database of Russian laws and legal documents.
The previous edition only allowed using licensed firearms on special occasions, such as hunting, sports events and shooting training courses. The new amendment says that firearms can also be carried "for self-defense purposes."
Until now, Russian laws permitted the civil population to carry two types of weapons: lethal ones such as shotguns and rifles for hunting and shooting sports, and so-called non-lethal trauma guns firing rubber bullets for personal protection only.
Russia, land of the free?
Where’s Rod Serling? He has to be writing this stuff...HAS TO!
Well, it sure isn't the USA.
Yeah, free alright...
Any nation that attacks citizens in neighboring nations for no just cause, will sooner or later wind up attacking it’s own citizens for no just cause.
Thats interesting. Does the article say what hoops need to be jumped through to get permission? I wonder if its one of those looks better from a distance than up close things. It sounds good but it is after all Russia....
You’d be better off moving to Mexico.
Any nation that attacks citizens in neighboring nations for no just cause, will sooner or later wind up attacking it’s own citizens for no just cause.
Like Iraq, Syria, Libya...
Yeah, they up and moved the U. S. right next door to Iraq, Syria, and Libya. Don’t recall exactly when they did it, but it wasn’t too long ago.
/s
Probably, but in this particular area at this particular time they obviously are more free.
I know we hear certain things out of Russia and think that all is freedom and bliss there. I’m not convinced of it.
We’ll see how this plays out.
No Second Amendment in Israel, neither nope none.
Earlier on Tuesday, Aharonovitch ordered a probe to examine easing the restrictions on firearms possession, in particular for Jerusalem residents, in addition to a series of other security measures in the wake of the deadly terror attack on worshippers at a synagogue in the capital hours earlier.
Currently, to receive a firearm permit you must be over 21, an Israeli resident for more than three years, have passed a mental and physical health exam, background checks by the Public Security Ministry and shooting exams and courses at a licensed gun range. The permit holder is then allowed to order a single firearm with a one-time supply of 50 bullets from a licensed dealer. They must then retake the licensing exam and undergo testing at a gun range every three years. There is also a stipulation requiring that any gun owner prove they have a safe at home to store the firearm.”
well Duhhhhhhhh
I’ve never understood this (your) line of reasoning: if what Russia does is ok because the USA does it, then the reverse is true—what the USA does is ok because Russia does it.
It would help if the United States would stay out of the internal politics of Russia’s neighbors. We supported and funded those demonstrations that deposed the elected leader, which started this entire mess.
Today, our's obviously does not trust us as much as their's trusts them. And thats pathetic.
Yes! That way Russia could have occupied Georgia and Ukraine without firing a shot. Why the bloodshed?
LOL
Thats it?
For all we know, there may be something about this that hasn’t surfaced yet. Will folks have to register to do it? Is that a foot in the door to confiscate those weapons?
I am not exactly sure what is going on there right now.
An article pops up here, and we think we are certain about the facts. I’m not quite buying in yet.
Former President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was re-elected president in March 2012 on the heels of hotly disputed December 2011 Duma elections. Political repression is on the rise. Prominent opposition figures have been forced to leave the country, and others have been prosecuted on what appear to be trumped-up charges. Sergey Magnitsky, an anti-corruption crusader and whistleblower, died in jail. The state has reasserted its dominance in the aerospace, mining, and oil and gas industries, and the state budget remains heavily dependent on exports of natural resources, especially hydrocarbons. Russia’s reputation for cronyism and corruption and an inhospitable regulatory environment have damaged its investment climate as well as its emerging small-business community. Russia became a member of the World Trade Organization in August 2012 and is making a bid to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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